godly

English

Etymology

god +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdli/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdli/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: god‧ly

Adjective

godly (comparative godlier or more godly, superlative godliest or most godly)

Of or pertaining to a god
her godly powers = her superhuman powers
Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
- Bible, 2 Corinthians vii. 10
  For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
- 1809, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
  If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, [...] he is doubtless a godly man [...] if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to Jehovah, he is not a godly man ...
Gloriously good.

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to a god

Arabic: إِلٰهِيّ‎ m (ʾilāhiyy)
Bulgarian: божи (boži), божествен (bg) (božestven)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 神的 (zh) (shén de), 神般的 (shén bān de)
Finnish: jumalallinen (fi)
French: divin (fr)
German: göttlich (de)

Lithuanian: dieviškas
Polish: boski (pl), boży (pl)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj), бо́жий (ru) (bóžij)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski
Swahili: uungu (sw)

devoted to a god or God

Bulgarian: набожен (bg) (nabožen), благочестив (bg) (blagočestiv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虔誠 (zh), 虔诚 (zh) (qiánchéng), 敬神 (zh) (jìngshén)
Finnish: jumalinen (fi)
French: pieux (fr) m, pieuse (fr) f

German: fromm (de)
Greek: ευσεβής (el) m (efsevís) (efsevís)
Polish: pobożny (pl)
Russian: бо́жий (ru) (bóžij)
Swahili: uungu (sw)

gloriously good

Chinese:
Mandarin: 光榮 (zh), 光荣 (zh) (guāngróng)
Finnish: jumalainen (fi)
French: divin (fr)
German: rechtschaffen (de)

Lithuanian: dieviškas
Polish: boski (pl)
Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj)
Swahili: uungu (sw)

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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 신성한 (sinseonghan)

Spanish: ^{(please verify)} santo (es)

Adverb

godly (comparative more godly, superlative most godly)

In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.

Anagrams

Gloyd, Goldy, dogly, goldy

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